How to ... Genki English

The Basics

• NEW: "The Basics" Workshop. Free Online Video.
• Where to start with Genki English
• About the Site
• Genki English Curriculum
• 45 Minute Lesson Plan
• The Secret Warm Ups
• Homework Programme

• Study vs. Learn & Why Textbooks Are Wrong?
• Why you have to light the blue touch paper
• Thinking Bigger and Why We Need YOU To Do It
• Say you don't understand. Or do.
• Please don't let the children learn anything�c. 
• 10 Full Time Years of Genki English
• How to make an ESL curriculum
• Curriculum: You or me?
• One on One Individual ESL / EFL Lessons
• How to plan a 90 minute esl / efl lesson?
• How to encourage shy students? 
• When is the critical period?
• Discipline & Power Teaching
• Discipline 2: Fred Jones
• Kyoto ? Pro Rules!
• Smartboard for $40!
• Games for Grannies
• I hate my students

• How to run a Genki Teacher Training Programme
• The Perfect English Classroom + How to add Extras
• What happens when you do GE everyday?
• Academic Research: Genki English really, really works
• Forget the gym, lose weight with Genki English!
• Genki Personal Development
• 1 Billion Students Use Genki English

• Man with no feet
• What does "Genki�h mean?
• How to get Richard to your town ? it's easy!
• Make money with Genki English Part 1: If you have a website or blog
• Why is Sweden so good at English?
• But my Kids can't do that�c especially the Slum Kids
• Beijing British Council & Solving World Poverty(!)
• The Beautiful Tree ? How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves
• Do flowers fly?
• 130m people on less than $1 a day, this is how we're helping
• How to get Government School Teachers on your Side + more on Textbooks
• What does work in super big groups?
• Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
• The American Idol Classroom

• Start your own school Tip 1: Where to hold class?
• Start your own school Tip 2: Be unavailable! 
• Start your own school Tip 3: How to price your lessons
• Start your own school Tip 4: Demo Lesson Endings
• Start your own school tip 5: Stress Buster Bank Transfers
• Start your own school tip 6: Get a contract!
• Start your own school tip 7: How to get more students then you�fll ever need
• How to sell your lessons & get more students
• You're not charging enough�c

• What are we supposed to be teaching in Japanese elementary schools?
• New: 2011 Japan English Notebook
• Classroom Japanese Page
• Your first day at elementary school
• English translation of my "Everything about Elementary School" article
• Primary English FAQ videos

• Songs -> Games -> Projects
• Key Skills: Reviewing
• Joel Bacha's paper on "Play and Affect in Language Learning"
• 6th Graders and what to do with them!
• How to use the Genki English Computer Games in Class
• Pro Rules: Be the BEST teacher in the World.
• Curing the "I don't understand English" attitude.
• Help & Advice for Special Needs Classes.
• Teaching Teenagers - the Harry Potter Effect.
• Teachers' Questions Page
• "Don't do this at school!" - list of things that JTEs shouldn't be doing (very useful, in Japanese!)

• Elementary School Curriculum
• How to plan a fun 40 minute lesson
• How to teach numbers: Counting!
• School Lunch Exchange Project Lesson Plans
• Pet Project - Cool international understanding lesson
• Senior High School Lesson Plans & Worksheets

• Hints and tips for teaching English to kids
• Ideas for using email and the internet in class (from "kids com" magazine)
• Weather using LIVE webcams from Niagara, Paris, London and Mt Fuji.
• What's cool in Japan! - this is a cool site set up by the Foreign Ministry. Updated often.

Kids Com Magazine articles.
My monthly column is in ALC Publishing's "Kodomo Eigo" magazine, but in the year 2001 I also had a column published in the magazine "kids com". They were for Japanese teachers who wanted to know more about team teaching with ALTs or Assistant Language Teachers. They were written with the Japanese version in mind so sometimes seem a little strange, but I think you might find them useful!

• Why I do what I do (English) - ( Japanese) (December 2001) The reasons behind Genki English!
• Even when you're not in the classroom! (English) - (Japanese) (November 2001)
• Teaching holidays (English) - (Japanese) (October 2001)
• If everything in life was easy ...(English) - (Japanese) (September 2001)
• Food is Fun! - (In Japanese) (August 2001)
• It's Summer Time! - ( In Japanese) (July 2001)
• Working with the ALT- (In Japanese) (June 2001)
• Bite Size part two - Using "How are you?" to teach culture! - (In Japanese) (May 2001)
• "Bite Size" International Understanding (In English) - ( In Japanese) (Apr 2001)
• With a little help from ALTs (In English) - In Japanese (Mar 2001)
• Things Japanese teachers should know (In English) - (In Japanese) (Feb 2001)
• Why do ALTs come to Japan? (In English)- (In Japanese) (Jan 2001)

Things for JETs (Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Teachers)

• Notes from the 2006 Kobe & Tokyo Recontracting Conferences
• Notes from the 2005 Kobe & Tokyo Recontracting Conferences
• The hints and tips I used to learn Japanese. (from GenkiJapan.net)
• Getting the most out of JET
• Flinging Fish - successful people all around the world are genki, and here's why!
• Report on Elementary School ALTs in Gunmaby Christy Hamlett Cook
• 101 Cool things to do as a JET
• The official word on what we're supposed to be teaching
• Joel Bacha's presentation from Kobe 2001 - an amazing article about why we're at syougakkou!
• From the Ministry of Education's Website - Developing a strategic plan to cultivate "Japanese With English Abilities"
• From the Ministry of Education's Website - Course of study for Foreign Languages (JHS, High School)
• Page from the CLAIR website that shows ALTs' money comes from Tokyo, not from your city or town! Update: They've taken the page down!

About Genki English

• What is "Genki English"?
• History of the Genki English Methodology
• NHK Documentary about Genki English
• Richard's Self Introduction
• If you're bored and want a read and a laugh, check out the 2000 Genki Tour Diary
• Genki English Interview on about.com
• Kids com Interview with Genki English in English(Dec 2000) (Japanese version)

Other articles, ideas and things

• Michael Curry's "Teaching English in China" Guide
• Don't use katakana!
• Joel's ideas
• Pool lesson by Will Jasprizza
• Shogakko Japanese by Will Jasprizza
• Why do the Japanese have such a hard time speaking English?
• Page for Parents
• Not quite English, but to learn how to read some Japanese, try the talking katakana/hiragana page!

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